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Here's How Long You Could Survive In A Supermarket During A Zombie Apocalypse

Here's How Long You Could Survive In A Supermarket During A Zombie Apocalypse

Worth knowing.

Liam Bond

Liam Bond

We've all found ourselves watching The Walking Dead and questioning how we'd cope in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

My master plan has always involved going to the local gym, taking all of the treadmills and surrounding my house with them so that the zombies couldn't get in and feast on my brains. Either that, or just live on a boat. A lot easier.

Anyway, one of the major problems would be food. How long could we last if we didn't have Tesco restocking the bread aisle every day?

Astrobiology scientist Dr Lewis Dartnell must have had a bit of spare time, so he decided to conduct research on how the UK could survive such a disaster.

The research revealed that food (61%), medical supplies (53%) and mobile phones (47%) were things people would grab if they had to leave home in an emergency. Fewer people would look for matches (22%) or a simple bottle that could be used to disinfect water (10%).

Clearly updating your Facebook saying "omfg zombies!" is more important than surviving.

It turns out that the typical supermarket in this country has enough non-perishable supplies to keep an adult watered and fed for about 55 years.

Dartnell, author of The Knowledge: How To Rebuild Our World From Scratch, said:

"Clearly we shouldn't be worrying 24/7 about a potential apocalypse but it's interesting to take a snapshot of where we are now and how we'd fare - individually and as a society.

"People's survival instincts are strong but without a greater focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) skills, the speed at which we'd return to 'society as we know it' would be seriously impeded.

"Rather than duck and cover, the country needs to know how to stand and recover from any disaster."

So, there you have it. If zombies take over the world, make a quick dash to Tesco, take all the food, then surround your house with treadmills. You'll be sorted for half a century.

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Topics: Zombies